Zeno of Citium - Works

Works

None of Zeno's writings have survived except as fragmentary quotations preserved by later writers. The titles of many of Zeno's writings are known; they are known to have been these:

  • Ethical writings:
    • Πολιτεία - Republic
    • ἠθικά - Ethics
    • περὶ τοῦ κατὰ φύσιν βίου - On Life according to Nature
    • περὶ ὁρμῆς ἧ περὶ ἁνθρώρου φύσεως - On Impulse, or on the Nature of Humans
    • περὶ παθῶν - On Passions
    • περὶ τοῦ καθήκοντος - On Duty
    • περὶ νόμου - On Law
    • περὶ Έλληνικῆς παιδείας - On Greek Education
    • ἐρωτικὴ τέχνη - The Art of Love
  • Physical writings:
    • περὶ τοῦ ὅλου - On the Universe
    • περὶ οὐσίας - On Being
    • περὶ σημείων - On Signs
    • περὶ ὄψεως - On Sight
    • περὶ τοῦ λόγου - On the Logos
  • Logical writings:
    • διατριϐαί - Discourses
    • περὶ λεξεως - On Verbal Style
    • λύσεις, ἔλεγχοι - Solutions and Refutations
  • Other works:
    • περὶ ποιητικῆς ἀκροάσεως - On Poetical Readings
    • προϐλημάτων Όμηρικῶη πέντε - Homeric Problems
    • καθολικά - General Things
    • Άπομνημονεύματα Κράτητος - Reminiscences of Crates
    • Πυθαγορικά - Pythagorean Doctrines

The most famous of these works was Zeno's Republic, a work written in conscious imitation of (or opposition to) Plato. Although it has not survived, more is known about it than any of his other works. It outlined Zeno's vision of the ideal Stoic society built on egalitarian principles.

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